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Eby promises Langley long-term care facility
Eby said the province will build the facility if re-elected, while citing cost challenges and plans to standardize design to lower per-bed expenses.
- On Friday, Oct. 23, NDP leader David Eby visited Langley City, reaffirming his commitment to build a 300-bed long-term care facility at Langley Memorial Hospital if re-elected.
- Addressing past project delays, Eby said the government faced challenges reducing per-bed costs, but the province is now working to drive down expenses through standardization.
- Eby promised "shovels will be in the ground" on this and 7 other long-term care facilities, acknowledging urgent need for more hospital services in the fast-growing South of the Fraser.
- Local candidate Andrew Mercier announced the NDP is promising a second Urgent Primary Care facility for Langley, intended to reduce pressure on overburdened hospital emergency rooms.
- While Eby alleged the B.C. Conservatives would cut health services, the Conservatives have promised to protect health-care funding, recruit more doctors and nurses, and cut wait times.
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